Installation manual

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Transmitting an All Ships Call

When sending an All Ships message, no DSC acknowledgement is required or

possible. Obviously, an All Ships call is not addressed to a specific station and so

does not need the details of the called party; it does, however, give the choice of

Safety or Urgency messages.

An Urgency message is used when safety is threatened but there is no

imminent danger. The verbal information transmitted after an Urgency

message is prefixed ‘PAN PAN’

A Safety message concerns important navigational or meteorological

information. The verbal information transmitted after a Safety message is

prefixed ‘SECURITÉ SECURITÉ SECURITÉ’.

To transmit an All Ships call:

1. Press Menu action key to display top level

menu selection; Send DSC messages.

2. Press Select action key to display the

Send DSC Messages menu.

3. The first (default) option displayed in the

Send DSC Messages menu is

Individual or group, so use the Scroll keys to

change the option to All Ships,

then press Select.

4. The first option displayed in the

All Ships Call menu is Urgency.

5. If your message is not of the type ‘Urgency’

use the Scroll keys to change the option to

Safety.

Now press Select.

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Send DSC Messages 

Select Exit

Send DSC Messages

All Ships 

Select Back

All Ships Call

Urgency 

Select Back

All Ships Call

Safety 

Select Back

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Select Ur

enc

or Safet